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Pete Zehler

June 16, 2026

Tuesday News Brief

POLICE REPORT MULTIPLE ARRESTS ACROSS GENESEE COUNTY The Batavia Police Department is reporting a number of recent arrests, including several involving weapons, burglary, impaired driving, and domestic-related incidents. Among the more serious cases, Ryan Denz of Batavia was charged with felony burglary after police say he entered a residence in...

Pete Zehler

June 15, 2026

Monday News Brief

BATAVIA FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTES HERBERGER TO DEPUTY CHIEF The City of Batavia Fire Department has promoted Dan Herberger to Deputy Fire Chief, effective Sunday. Herberger brings more than two decades of experience to the role, beginning his career with the department in 2002 as a paramedic before advancing through the...

Pete Zehler

June 12, 2026

Friday News Brief

VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVE GENESEE VALLEY BOCES CAPITAL PROJECT Voters across Genesee, Livingston, and Wyoming counties have overwhelmingly approved a $42.9 million capital project for Genesee Valley BOCES. The proposal passed by a vote of 884 to 224 and marks the first BOCES capital project since 2005 and only the second...

Pete Zehler

June 11, 2026

Thursday News Brief

BATAVIA POLICE TAKING PATROLS ELECTRIC The Batavia Police Department is embracing new technology with the use of electric bikes for downtown patrols. Patrol Officer Chance Hutson says the e-bikes provide a faster, more visible, and more approachable presence than traditional patrol vehicles. The department received the bikes through a state...

Pete Zehler

June 10, 2026

Wednesday News Brief

OPEN MEETINGS LAW DISPUTE RETURNS TO BATAVIA CITY COUNCIL Questions about executive sessions and New York's Open Meetings Law were back before Batavia City Council Monday night. Batavian publisher Howard Owens again challenged the city's handling of executive sessions, arguing that council may have violated state law by improperly entering...

Pete Zehler

June 9, 2026

Tuesday News Brief

CONTRACTOR INJURED IN ATTICA SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT A contractor was seriously injured Monday morning in a construction accident at Attica Middle and High School. School officials say the incident occurred at the site of a new maintenance building when pre-fabricated roof trusses tipped over and fell onto a worker below....